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Show HN: Jollyshot – ephemeral image hosting
- netnichols 12y agoI really like the simplicity and the 'guaranteed to self destruct' feature. But... converting PNGs to JPGs makes it unusable for many many use cases.
- vernie 12y agoPlease name some of those use cases.
- stronglikedan 12y agoDisplaying text clearly and without artifacts surrounding it.
- wmblaettler 12y agoPreserving alpha transparency and depending on JPG compression used, preventing artifacts/lossiness
- munchor 12y agoBefore imgur started keeping .png's, I just couldn't use it to show other people what I'm currently doing in my computer. I share screenshots all the time and it really needs to be done with .png's for the clear image and text.
- therealarmen 12y agoThanks for the feedback! I've just been focused on getting it out the door. Will add PNG output shortly.
- therealkyle 12y agoThere is always http://imagebin.org/ http://imagebin.org/ it's basic but has been around since the 90's. I think they get some OG cred in this, yeah?
- ChrisNorstrom 12y agoI love the ease and simplicity: I've got 3 suggestions. 1) Next to the View Count ("3 Views") impliment a feature that keeps track of the number of different IPs that generate those views ("by 2 People"). This is important because it lets you know how many other people have seen the image, not just how many times the page has been reloaded. 2) Make it so users can drag and drop an image into whatever page they're on. Even if it's the user page, front page, photo page. Don't make me have to go back to the home page. 3) Instead of calling it JollyShot.com you should grab TempShot.com before anyone else does. I think the new name would fit better with the service.
- doh 12y agoBe careful, as they don't really delete the files, only don't show them on the site. Here is an example. I uploaded a picture that was shown here http://jollyshot.com/Kzg7Xe http://jollyshot.com/Kzg7Xe where you can see that "This photo has expired!" but the image is still accessible here http://jollyshot.s3.amazonaws.com/media/5e34cc07d5fc6b390c1da16c533da679.jpg http://jollyshot.s3.amazonaws.com/media/5e34cc07d5fc6b390c1d...
- dec0dedab0de 12y agolooks like they fixed that.
- therealarmen 12y agoWe permanently delete all expired files from S3 every 30 minutes. Check your link -- the text will change from "expired" to "deleted".
- doh 12y agoShouldn't you delete it at the moment when you stop showing it on the site?
- glupin23 12y agoI think one of the understated and potentially most interesting use cases for this app, is its ability to easily transform another service into an ephemeral photo sharing application. With Jollyshot, my Facebook post, becomes more like a Snapchat.